Appreciation Pin
The Appreciation Pin recognizes:
- A registered adult Girl Scout’s exemplary service in support
of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE)
- Has had a measurable impact on one geographic area of
service
- Helps reach and surpass the mission-delivery goals of
the area.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and three endorsement
letters.
Example candidate: At a local event, a Troop Leader noticed that the
diversity of the girls did not match the diversity of the community.
She collaborated with the Service Unit to create and implement
recruitment strategies to reach both girls and adults and developed
new ways of work to support new members. As a result, Hispanic girl
membership rose by 14 percent last year.
Circle of Achievement
The Circle of Achievement Award recognizes outstanding individuals who:
- Provide a short-term service worthy of recognition;
- Provide more than one short-term service endeavor; and,
- Is a registered Girl Scout member.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and two endorsement letters.
Example candidate: A Girl Scout volunteer who has volunteered to be
the Service Unit’s Day Camp Coordinator for the summer.
Circle of Excellence
The Circle of Excellence Award recognizes outstanding individuals who:
- Provide continuing service at a consistent level;
- Provide this level of service to the same Council jurisdiction;
and,
- Is a registered Girl Scout member.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and two endorsement letters.
Example candidate: A Girl Scout volunteer who has continued to
provide service as the Service Unit Treasurer and led the Service Unit
in appropriate financial oversight for more than one year.
Honor Pin
The Honor Pin recognizes:
- A registered adult Girl Scout’s exemplary service in support
of delivering the Girl Scout Leadership Experience
- Has had
a measurable impact on two or more geographic areas of service
- Helps reach and surpass the mission-delivery goals of the
area.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and three endorsement
letters.
Example candidate: A facilitator realized that although the council
created online courses and resources on the GSLE, at volunteer
meetings she heard comments indicating that many volunteers still were
hesitant to use Journeys to deliver the GSLE to girls. She worked with
the Volunteer Development Manager on staff to create a GSLE coach
role, which would support all direct-service volunteers as they
implemented what they learned in the courses and put Journeys into
action. This role was piloted in four service-delivery teams where,
after the first year, Journey participation increased by 30 percent;
girls shared the impact of 14 new take-action projects via the
council’s Web site, and the volunteer-satisfactions scores increased
by 12 percent.
Star Trainer
The Star Trainer Award recognizes outstanding individuals who:
- Provide training at the Service Unit or council level in a
manner that exceeds the expectations of the position;
- Exhibit exceptional diligence in performing his/her training
responsibilities;
- Exceed the expectations for the position in
the following areas:
- Initiative
- Teamwork and
Versatility
- Enthusiasm and Creativity
- Attitude
and Leadership
- Communication
- Dedication
- Is a registered Girl Scout member.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and two endorsement letters.
Teola Artman
The Teola Artman Award recognizes:
- An adult volunteer, active within her/his Service Unit who is
the “glue that holds things together”
- This pin is given to
a volunteer only once.
The award is named after long-time Girl Scout volunteer, Teola
Artman, who was an active volunteer in the Clovis area for over 60
years.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and three endorsement
letters.
Example candidates: An event coordinator who has managed several
successful events while encouraging an increasing degree of girl
planning and participation. Or, the troop/group chair for the family
partnership campaign who has increased support for the local community
and families and who gives a personally significant donation.
Thanks Badge I
The Thanks Badge I honors
- A registered adult Girl Scout whose ongoing commitment,
leadership, and service has had an exceptional, measurable impact on
meeting the mission-delivery goals and priorities
- Affects
the entire council or entire Girl Scout Movement.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and four endorsement
letters.
Example candidate: A volunteer saw an opportunity to use Journeys to
increase membership in one of the council’s target markets through the
camp participation. She helped the council partner with local
companies and groups to provide in-kind, financial, and volunteer
support to build a Tree House at each camp through a Take-Action
project. She led a task group of girls to design and develop
progressive programming, based on girl-led processes and Journey
content, which culminated in take-action projects. The three-year
project brought in 300 new Girl Scouts, a 5 percent overall increase
in camp registrations the following year, 90 new volunteers, and new
partnerships with 11 local organizations.
Thanks Badge II
The Thanks Badge II honors
- A previous Thanks Badge award recipient who has continued to
provide exemplary service in a leadership role, resulting in a
measurable impact
- Benefits the entire Girl Scout
Movement.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and four endorsement
letters.
Example candidate: After receiving the Thanks Badge, the volunteer
from the Thanks Badge example was motivated by the success of the Tree
House Take-Action project and submitted to present this best practice
at a GSUSA conference. She then served two years on a national task
group to help educate and support all Girl Scout councils across the
Movement to create long-term plans that integrate all council
departments to implement the camp pathway to grow membership and
deliver the Girl Scout Leadership Experience through Journey use.
Trails of Leadership Award
The Trails of Leadership Award recognizes:
- An entry-level recognition of a Girl Scout volunteer.
- An adult Leader, Assistant Leader, or parent whose performance
as a volunteer and whose interaction with the girls is so
outstanding that it merits council-level recognition; and,
- Is a registered Girl Scout member.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and two endorsement letters.
Example candidate: A Troop Leader who partners with assistant
leaders and parents to make his/her girls’ troop experience a positive
and fulfilling time for all girls involved – no matter what the
program age level. The Troop Leader also allows for girls to be
girl-led and make decisions as a troop, while stepping back and
guiding as necessary.
Volunteer of Excellence
The Volunteer of Excellence award recognizes a volunteer who has:
- Contributed outstanding service while partnering directly with
girls in any pathway to implement the Girl Scout Leadership
Experience through use of the national program portfolio;
- Who has contributed outstanding service in support of the
council’s mission delivery to girl and adult members; and,
- Is a registered Girl Scout member.
Needed: The Award Nomination Form and two endorsement letters.
Example candidate: A volunteer program advisor works over the course
of the year with a teen advisory committee. Thirty current Girl Scout
Seniors and Ambassadors plan and deliver a day camp in the Service
Unit, using content from the aMuse journey, targeted to girls in
underserved areas in the council. As a result, those areas had a
combined total of 210 new Junior girl members and 16 new adult volunteers.